Manicure implement



J. o.`LANDls MANICUREl IMPLEMENT .Filed Sept. 22. 1922 Patented Aug. 28,1923.Y

UNITED' star-,asf

.JOHN oLIN Aharnais, or :wAYNEsB'oRoj PENNsYLvAnA.

k.ivrnivrotmn Application iled 'September To azz awma may Canam;

Be it known that I, JOHNY GLEN LAN:Disa citizen of the United States,and aresident or" Vifaynesboro, in the county ofv'Frfanklin and State ofPennsylva1i1a,'have YinventedA certain new' and useful Improvements4V ining' is a specification.` Y 1 Y- Y My invention relates toimprovement's1n Manicure implements, of which the followmanicure implements and itcojnsistsjof -the construction, combination and manner vol use hereindescribed and claimed..."V` f 4 Anobject of the invention is to providea safe and convenient implement for: cleaning the finger nails. whichcan be carried inthe pocketwithout injury to itself,-the -person of4thecarrier, orfotherarticles that mav be contained within therpocket,.purse or otherreceptacle.

Another ob eet of the invention. is to lprojvide aY combined fingernail-cutting and Cleaning implement, the blade wh-chperL forms thelatter functionbeing Vn iounted upon the body which performs the for-merfunction so that'it bemoved tov either an extended or retired position,the cleaning member being so-disposed in the latter position thatV itcan dov no harm to objects coming` in. contact with vthe implement. Y

@ther objects and advantages will appear, in the followingspecification, Vreference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in

which: Y v Y Fig. 1 is an elevation ofthe improved manicure implementshowing the cleaning blade in the extended position. f; Y l Y. Fig. 2 isa cross section on the line 2-1-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. Bfis an elevation -of'th'eiinplement showinpgthev cleaning blade inthe retiredror inoperativeposition, v Y j Fig. 4 is an elevation ofthebody or disk by which the cleaneris carried, Fig., 5 isa detail crosssection on the' line 5 5 of Fig. 4,' l f *y Fig. 6 is a detailelevation'of the cleaning blade, y

n Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6, and

Fig. 8 is a pivot stud.

In carrying out the invention, provision is made of three parts, namely,the cleaner 'blade' 1, the circular disk or body 2 which carries andhouses the cleaner blade and the pivot Stud 3 by vwhich the blade ismounted.

detail perspective view of the IMPLEMENT;

22, 1922..A serial no.l 589,823.

` upon thedisk-x2.,k The cleaner consists a picce'o'fsteel orVothersutable metal whichv ls capable of being hardened ortempered and,whichwhile inthe soft/state hasbeen blanked from a Isheet orA strip ofmetal and f has been pierced and `formed in such amanneras to provideanedge and point 4lY simi? Y lar tofthe end of a pocket knife blade or Ya.nail iilef Theicleaner l'includes any eX-ten-.I

sion 'which has av round hole 6 to, receive VI the shank 7 vot the pivotor .stud 3.

1. In formingV the;, cleaner 1,. an elongated" y hole 8Y is produced-,bycuttingthrough the.l

metal on three sides, the resultant tongue Q being.v curled over to ,actas" a` stop-I when the cleaner is VVextended as" in Fig... 1, as a r.,

means to ,propel the'hcle'aner backA and f forth on. the pivotvr fandasanabutment to *hold thel cleanerin the extended. position while4 usinglthe implement. `-The second member 2 ojthe manicure-implementconsistsfpfa fiat circular disk of steel -orgother suitable metal,having acurledv edgeV 10 with ai slot f V11y of suflici'ent .lengthlandwidth to permit. the cleanerblade 1- to' project through a shortdistance, about-as sho-wn in Fig.l 1. j

Le." plurality of' ground surfaces 12, equi# distantly spaced on thecurled edge 10 form openings (Fig. l2) which provide cuttingV orscraping membersrby whichthe edgesf the I iinger nails,A may be trimmedThe .furled edge of thedisk 2`neatly houses the cleaner blade-1 wheninthe retired' position (Fig. 3) and also serves to. protelctcth-e handofthe user from 'comingv .in .Contact with any ofthe Vinnermost partsci' thel implement... y

j A hump' lorprotuberance-13 isformed inwardly of the disk 2 at onesideofa centralY opening,r` 14C. VThis Acentral opening'. be

ci" any shapefand Vis provided for"convlen-v` Y ience in manufacture andalso vto facilitate operations which are vfollowed 1n the procy ess Vofmaking the implement. 'lhen the implement lis-in the lclosed postonjasin ',Fig. 3', the humpv 13 occupies one end of the opening` Sand acts asa snap to hold the blade. -As the 'blade lisinherently resilient,v itfollows that the adjacent side 15 will Kvield when forced into contactwith.V the hump 13 and spring back in position when the hump reaches theopening 8.

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- The `structure of the third member,

namely; the pivot 3, requires but little. additional explanation, itbeing seen Y-in Fig'. 8 that the `shank 7 terminates Vin aY reduced part16 which'is adapted to be upset upon the cleaner eXtension' 5 as "is'any ordinary rivet. The head 3 of the'piv'ot or stud is flattenedV asin Fig. 2 so that but very little is added to the total thicknessof theinstrument.

' YIn operation, the cleaner bladeis swungv Vout on theV pivot 3 bymerely 'pushing on .the curled lip 9 until it comes intoengagement.

with the curled flange 1Q ofV the disk 2. As statedbefore,'tli'isfcurled flange acts as a stop andli'mits the extensionotftheblade 1.

Yof the improved manicurin'g implement as Y herein described andcifiimed, is time of a generally preferred form, obviouslyV modi!iications and changes may Vbe Ymade Without dep l?. manicure implementcomprising a base@liaviiizgi` ajfiang'e With Vvan opening, a ClaninfgbIade, means by which they blade is pivote'd'` tofthe baselWithinthe. confines of the'iiange,"nieans`on the baseto'retain theblade" in a position eompletelyf'witliin said confines when closed, andmeans carried by Yth blade eiiablingmoying it upon the pivot 'to cause"itto protrude through saido'pening A until 'said means engagest'liefiange and is stopped thereby.

2. A manicure implement comprising a .flanged disk'having'an opening inthe flange,

meansfon" the Vdisk andvv'ithinthe donfines y oi" the flangeV forming 'apivot, and a blade` mounted upon theipivot Vhaving a shape of il (-V,...v i* such design that Whenrotated across the disk the point xoftheblade will `olloiv'a path Vleadingr tl'irough said 'opening to anextended and operating position.Y

'3.' YA manicure fimpleinent comprising a means on Athe disk and Withinthe con'liiies ot upon' thev pivot Vhaving a Shape of such'de sign'fthatAWhen iotated'acrossthe disktheV Ypress against the Alip'l) so as tohold'rting rom'thespirit oi.Y the invention pointof theblade Will olloivapath leading throughsaidopening to an extended and opneratiiiigfAposition, and means on Ythe `blade by which itis moved throughv saidpath and which isadapted toengage the flange to limit the `extension ofthe blade point.

4. A manicure implement comprising a fdisk `having .arcurled :flangewith portions ground away to form openings, means providinga pivotcarriedbythe disk, a blade Vmounted to rotate vonthe pivot so that'itspoint'iiioves in a-pafth leading through one of said openings lintofanextended and'operating position.. means embodied by the blade'Whichelorms an y:abutmentV to propel V the bladeinto said positionandto engage the ange to limit the extension, and meansV carried bythediskY to engagesaid means `to lock thefbladein'a retii'edfpositi'on'Within theconiineslof'said flange. y

5. A manicure*implementcomprising` a circular 'disk havingja'curledfpeiipheral angej With ground surfaces at apliirality oit placesforming openingsof vwhich/one is' larger than the others, a 'shoulderedstud Ycarried by the disk andiornnng a'pivot, a

blade having `a portion formed intoy a Vcleanv ing-'point and Vanextension with a peri'ora- Y OII Seated uponV lthe shouldered studfacurledlipbacl; Yfrom the blade for tliepurpose of *swingingthe` blade inan arc of a circle 'from a retiredf position Within the confines of thedisk t'oa'p'ositionwhen said Y lip engages the flange raiidlimits theeXtension of the cutting edge tliroughsaid large opening, and aprotuberance formed on'thc' bacliof the dislrla'dapted to occupytheopening Jornliedby stamping,- said lip. to hold the blade in Ia retiredfan dinoperativc position;

Vmanicure vimplement comprising a base,'a flange 'oiithe'periphery ofthe base toobviate sharp edges, said flange having Yan opening, ablademounted (inthe base fto swing intofand 'outof lthe opening, inea-nsformed on the blade to eno'afre the flanffe an dVv limitY the?outivard'movcinent, and meansY on lthe base to Vengage the aforesaidmeans' and holdthe blade in the retired position. u

' JOHN OLlN LANDS.

